I think because she is suppose to be heading back to the States in the fall of 2006, to try and get her Master's degree in music from Stanford University. So she might be off the radar for a few years!!

part 1: LOCH aka Legend of the condor heroes (has many other names but cbb listing them all). The story revolves around Guo Jing and Huang Rong.

part 2: ROCH aka Return of the condor heroes(again has many names). Takes place about 10 years after. And this time the main character is the son of the villain in part one; Yang Guo. XLN is also the main character which he meets at the ancient tomb sect.

part 3: HSDS aka heavenly sword and dragon sabre. Takes place around 100 years after ROCH. i dont know much about this sorry.

Midway through the book, it is revealed that the two weapons, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, are actually made from a single sword, Xuan-Tie-Jian, which Yang Guo wielded in the prequel (set nearly 100 years ago), The Return of the Condor Heroes. The great sword belonged to Dugu Qiu Bai, a great martial arts hero whose skills were unmatched under the heavens. Yang Guo came upon the sword while he was recovering from the loveless flower poison and the loss of his arm. In the 3rd revised edition of the novel, the Heaven Sword is made from Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu's Gentleman and Lady swords while Dragon Saber remained unchanged made of Xuan-Tie-Jian.

Later, when Yang Guo and his master/wife, Xiaolongnü (Dragon Girl) left Xiangyang, he left the sword with Guo Jing and Huang Rong. It was said that the sword was melted, special steel material was added and made into the Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber. Hidden within the Dragon Saber was the military textbook (Wu Mu Yi Shu) written by the late great Sung Dynasty general Yue Fei; similarly, hidden within the Heaven Sword was a scroll detailing the powerful martial art Jiu-Yin-Zhen-Jing and (legends told that Guo Jing wrote the Dragon Subduing Palms or Xiang Long Shi Ba Zhang manual along with Jiu-Yin-Zhen-Jing). The former was given to Guo Jing and Huang Rong's son while the latter was bestowed upon their youngest daughter, Guo Xiang who was Yang Guo's favorite and founder of the Emei Sect.

Chibi Jennifer wrote:HSDS is set 100 years after ROCH.. how is it connected?

The two weapons

Midway through the book, it is revealed that the two weapons, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, are actually made from a single sword, Xuan-Tie-Jian, which Yang Guo wielded in the prequel (set nearly 100 years ago), The Return of the Condor Heroes. The great sword belonged to Dugu Qiu Bai, a great martial arts hero whose skills were unmatched under the heavens. Yang Guo came upon the sword while he was recovering from the loveless flower poison and the loss of his arm. In the 3rd revised edition of the novel, the Heaven Sword is made from Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu's Gentleman and Lady swords while Dragon Saber remained unchanged made of Xuan-Tie-Jian.

Later, when Yang Guo and his master/wife, Xiaolongnü (Dragon Girl) left Xiangyang, he left the sword with Guo Jing and Huang Rong. It was said that the sword was melted, special steel material was added and made into the Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber. Hidden within the Dragon Saber was the military textbook (Wu Mu Yi Shu) written by the late great Sung Dynasty general Yue Fei; similarly, hidden within the Heaven Sword was a scroll detailing the powerful martial art Jiu-Yin-Zhen-Jing and (legends told that Guo Jing wrote the Dragon Subduing Palms or Xiang Long Shi Ba Zhang manual along with Jiu-Yin-Zhen-Jing). The former was given to Guo Jing and Huang Rong's son while the latter was bestowed upon their youngest daughter, Guo Xiang who was Yang Guo's favorite and founder of the Emei Sect.

lol thanks... i did some research and found out when jin yong revised all his books in err forgot what year... he also did some changes. The Dragon Sabre is made from Yang Guo's heavy iron sword BUT the Heavenly Sword is made from the Lady and Gentleman swords that yang guo and xiao long nu aquired at the passionless valley

Chibi Jennifer wrote:She's in ROCH, so I don't think she has to be in LOCH (which is played by Hu Ge and Ariel Lin)

yup... She is in ROCH and xiao long nv definitely suits her... Kind, gentle, beautiful as fairy...

On the other hand... Ariel will suits Huang Rong better... Cute and mischievous... I heard that they are now filming the LOCH with Hu Ge and Ariel Lin.. Wonder when will it be up... Probably by end of this year before it will be up in Singapore...

haha.... I watched all the three condor trilogy... So I know the storyline quite well... The heavenly sword and dragon saber take place about 100 years after ROCH... When the XuanTie ZhongJian is melted and a special metal is added to form the dragon saber while the gentleman sword and lady sword is melted and combined to form the heavenly sword... Inside these two sword hid the manual of JiuYangZhenJing, XiangLongShiBaZhang... It continues when Zhang Wu Ji from WuDang was inflicted with XuanMingShenZhang and followed Zhang Jun Bao( Zhang San Feng) to seek for a cure... Later by chance he came across the manual of JiuYangShenGong and he spent five years mastering it and curing his poison in the process... Next when he reached GuangMingDing to send YangBuHui back to Yang Xiao( Ming sect current leader), He found out that the 6 great sects is attacking the Ming Sect... By chance again he came across the Manual of Jian Kun Da Mo yi with the help of a girl named Xiao Zhao... he mastered it in short time and defeated the 6 great sect, thus yang Xiao decided to make him the 34th leader of Ming sect... Meanwhile, Mischievous Mongol Princess, Zhao Min who had created her own mysterious sect barge into the story and capture all the 6 great sects and try to make them loyal to Mongol... When she met Zhang Wu Ji... she fell in love with him... Later, Zhang Wu ji and Fan Yao, who is a spy who stayed beside Zhao Min, rescued the 6 great sects and earned glorious title and brought fame to Ming Sect... which was initially known as an 'evil sect'... The story continues when Zhao Min started following Zhang Wu Ji and once, even disguise as the leader of Ming Sect but was found out by Zhang Wu Ji...... The story continue with a lot of complicated plot in between... But in the end... ZhouZhiRou who became evil and mastered JiuYinBaiGuZhao which made her a stronger oponent than Zhang Wu Ji... But later she was defeated by a decendant of Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nv who knows JiuYinZhenJing... At last, Zhang Wu Ji resigned and brought Zhao Min to Ice and fire Island, where he was born and they live happily ever after........